The Orioles have selected catcher Bryan Holaday's contract from the alternate camp site in Bowie, and he replaces reliever Richard Bleier on the 30-man roster. The move gives the Orioles 39 players on the 40-man roster. They're now carrying three catchers on the team. Bleier, 33, was traded to the Marlins late last night for a player to be named later. His production and leadership must be replaced. "Rich was one of our older players. We don't have a ton of them," said manager Brandon...

Alex Cobb allowed two earned runs in four innings in Friday's 6-3 win over the Rays.

John Means threw just 2.1 innings and allowed 5 runs in Thursday night's loss to the Yankees.

Chris Davis was cleared to return to the Orioles on Friday.

Kohl Stewart has "decided to pause" his participation in the 2020 baseball season.

Chris Davis was unavailable in both games agains the Yankees earlier in the week.

The Orioles (3-3) host Tampa Bay (4-4) tonight in the second of a three-game series. Baltimore won 6-3 last night as the O's bullpen fanned nine and allowed one run over five innings. The O's got back-to-back homers from Anthony Santander and Pedro Severino in the fourth and Hanser Alberto, who is batting .440, added a solo shot in the eighth. Before last night the last time the O's hit back-to-back homers was Sept. 23 in the fifth inning at Toronto, when it was Jonathan Villar and Austin...

Shortstop José Iglesias remains out of the Orioles lineup tonight with a sore left quadriceps muscle. Chris Davis makes the start at first base. Dwight Smith Jr. is batting cleanup. He's 4-for-8 lifetime against Rays starter Tyler Glasnow. Chance Sisco is catching and Andrew Velazquez is the shortstop. Glasnow has made three career starts against the Orioles and allowed three runs with no walks and 20 strikeouts in 18 innings. Renato Núñez has a career .311 average (32-for-103)...

Nationals infielders Howie Kendrick and Trea Turner sat out Saturday's simulated game. Kendrick is still nursing upper back tightness, and manager Davey Martinez wanted to give his shortstop a day too. "He just sat out," Martinez said, referring to Turner, during this afternoon's Zoom call. "He plays every day, every inning, so he just wanted a couple days off. Probably be back out there tomorrow. Howie said he felt better today. He's going to see how he feels tomorrow. He might get a...

For the first time in over a week, Nationals slugger Juan Soto was back playing baseball at Nats Park today. The 21-year-old had been out of action since July 23 following a positive COVID-19 test result. He was cleared to return today, and got in a half a dozen at-bats during the Nats' simulated game. Soto grounded out a couple of times to begin the sim game, struck out, but then cranked a double and unloaded a solo homer off Nats reliever Kyle McGowin during the five-inning intrasquad...